Challenge 162 - Sketch

Thank you to everyone for joining in with "No Text" theme we hope you had fun trying something different. It was great to have so many of you joining us last week, I hope you like this weeks challenge as much.

I also want to remind everyone that to eligible for the prize you must follow the theme with a NEW card or project and link back to this blog. Any cards made and posted on your blog before the date of this weeks challenge will not be eligible to win our prize this week.

The winners of the fantastic prizes kindly donated by

Pink Cat Studio is Claire7Q.

  Here is Claire's card.

Congratulations, please email Caz with your details!

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Challenge 162 - Sketch!

We are trying something a little different for sketch week. Instead of providing you with a new sketch we want to you either re-use one of our previous sketches, or you can use one from another challenge blog (just be sure to mention where it is from so we can check it out), or even make one of your own (but make sure you share it with us).

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We are also pleased to welcome our regular monthly sponsor...

Here is what Kimmie had to say...

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is a Canadian stamp company which just opened in October 2009! They feature images from artists Crissy Armstrong, Annie Rodrigue, Steven Leary and Jean Grant which are both whimsical and quirky! You can find these unmounted rubber stamps online at their website (http://www.kraftinkimmiestamps.com/) or at many fine retailers all over the world!  

The prize up for grabs this week is...

TWO rubber stamps of your choice from the Kraftin' Kimmie range.

As always the winner will be chosen using Random.org

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We have been joined again this week by a member of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps DT...
Andrea

Angie

 Deborah

Kimmie

We are joined by Guest DT Kerys for the month of April, you can see her wonderful creations HERE.

Kerys

So now let's take a look at the amazingly talented Design Team's cards, as always their work is amazing. Just click on their names to go right to their blogs!

Claudia

 Deb

Julie

Kim

  Kylie

Lisa

Minna

 Annie

 Caz

To be in with a chance of winning the prize this week you will need to upload your card using inlinkz.com by 8pm GMT on Wednesday 4th May 2011.

Thanks for joining us for this weeks challenge.

1.	Nicky	63.	Sue T	125.	Beccy
2.	chris v - easily amused	64.	mgoll88	126.	Nicola
3.	mimibricole	65.	Candi	127.	Dawn Frost
4.	Beth	66.	coops	128.	Elizabeth H.
5.	Susanna	67.	Hazel Parr	129.	jengd
6.	mueppi	68.	Debbie B	130.	Beth L
7.	Cathy	69.	Shelley	131.	Sheri Willshire
8.	Tracy	70.	Tracy NZ	132.	Isbel Ahmad
9.	Heike (gwenny)	71.	darling Ho	133.	Craftdee Donna
10.	AnjaCardz	72.	Pirkkis	134.	Kim Davis
11.	Dora	73.	Frances R	135.	Julye
12.	angela	74.	Mette	136.	Nancy
13.	Julie W	75.	TOOTSIE	137.	Daniele
14.	Shirley	76.	Jo	138.	Tiffany Did
15.	Tracey (BrossArtAddiction)	77.	Tams	139.	Janja Z
16.	Betty aka ZacksNana	78.	The Crafty Den	140.	The Crafty Den
17.	Chrissie	79.	Andie	141.	Lorraine
18.	Hannemor	80.	NGCARDS	142.	Linby
19.	Stephanie G	81.	Francy	143.	Marilyn Webb
20.	Yvonne	82.	Hazel	144.	Eemeli
21.	jenny	83.	miriam	145.	Manuela
22.	Deloris T	84.	Helen	146.	Vicky xx
23.	Jeanet	85.	Wishcraft	147.	Jill
24.	LOZ	86.	Donna	148.	TRACY WILSON
25.	Andria Simpson	87.	Brigitte	149.	Zoe Everall
26.	Debbie Dolphin	88.	Sonia Sellers**	150.	Stephanie S.
27.	Kimberly	89.	Corry	151.	Susie O
28.	Natalie H	90.	heidi brawley	152.	Kleeblatt
29.	Irene	91.	Cathy L	153.	NGCARDS (Both Cards)
30.	-Anne-	92.	Wendy Ramlakhan	154.	♥Jodi S♥
31.	Tiiti	93.	lilackat	155.	Nadell
32.	Jaqi van Jaarsveld	94.	Kim O'Connell	156.	Jenn Borjeson
33.	Jenn	95.	Tindaloo	157.	Johanna
34.	Tiggertastic	96.	Shana	158.	peggysue W
35.	claire7q	97.	Kathy Curry	159.	Guylaine
36.	TOOTSIE	98.	JANIEL	160.	Crafty Math Chick
37.	Crafty Kaz	99.	Kasey ~ in Oz	161.	Anna-Karin
38.	aussie loz	100.	Beth	162.	Jessica @ Paper Therapy
39.	Starla B	101.	Fiona L	163.	Dawn Lancaster
40.	Pöydän kulmalla näpertelijä	102.	Rene	164.	Kaz
41.	NikkiByrne	103.	Dalis	165.	NGCARDS
42.	Birgit	104.	debby4000	166.	Linda B
43.	Dörte	105.	Suzanne	167.	xtglx
44.	Marianne's Craftroom	106.	Lizzy H	168.	Katie
45.	Lynnm	107.	Grace O.	169.	Lori Tecler
46.	Joynana	108.	Erin...	170.	Janel
47.	Lacey Stephens	109.	alethea	171.	E. Marie
48.	mocca22	110.	Carole of Brum	172.	Tinemor
49.	Wenche P	111.	Dawny P	173.	Kim Mc
50.	Corry	112.	Katie Tate	174.	Caro
51.	Manuela	113.	Becca Fabozzi	175.	Kari
52.	SusuK	114.	Carissa	176.	Made By Mandy
53.	Mari Harpham	115.	Hazel Parr	177.	Dorte
54.	jan farnworth	116.	Tamidolphin	178.	Manuela
55.	Kleeblatt	117.	Glo	179.	chris v - easily amused
56.	Alison~ Tillymint	118.	Wilma M.	180.	peggysue W
57.	Kaija	119.	Kim	181.	Shanna Shands
58.	dj1952 (Debra)	120.	Ruby	182.	Jani
59.	Chantal S	121.	Tamidolphin	183.	lafrancarella
60.	Terry	122.	Julia Sáddi	184.	Susie Little
61.	Mama J	123.	Brenda	185.	Gale
62.	Jenny/Dolphine	124.	Stargroves (Anne)

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Challenge 161 - No Text!

Thank you to everyone for joining in with our weather inspired challenge last week. This week we look forward to welcoming our new DT members into the CCT family.

I also want to remind everyone that to eligible for the prize you must follow the theme with a NEW card or project and link back to this blog. Any cards made and posted on your blog before the date of this weeks challenge will not be eligible to win our prize this week.

The winners of the fantastic prizes kindly donated by

Simon Says Stamp is Jenn Borjeson.

 Here is Jenn's card.

Congratulations, please email Caz with your details!

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Challenge 161 - No Text!

This week we want to see your projects that include NO text!
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We are also pleased to welcome our sponsor this week...

Here is what Melissa had to say...

Pink Cat Studio is all about offering fun and whimsical stamps to inspire your creativity. They have a huge selection of super cute digi and rubber stamps to choose from and they add more each week. Owner and artist Melissa started PCS in 2005 and over the years nothing has excited and inspired her more than to see your creations with her stamps. Melissa’s goal is to continue to delight & surprise you with her designs. Stop by the studio today and get in on the fun!

  

This weeks prize is FIVE digi stamps of the winners choice.

As always the winner will be chosen using Random.org

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We are joined by Guest DT Kerys for the month of April, you can see her wonderful creations HERE.

Kerys

So now let's take a look at the amazingly talented Design Team's cards, as always their work is amazing. Just click on their names to go right to their blogs!

Caz

Christine

Deb

Julie

Kylie

Lisa

Minna

Annie

To be in with a chance of winning the prize this week you will need to upload your card using inlinkz.com by 8pm GMT on Wednesday 27th April 2011.

Thanks for joining us for this weeks challenge.

1.	Sanne	93.	Grace O. - II	185.	Tracey V
2.	Sheri Willshire	94.	theCook	186.	Nancy
3.	E. Marie	95.	Samantha Ball	187.	Kari
4.	Charli	96.	Fiona	188.	San (Cherry Pickins)
5.	Hanna Nilsson	97.	Grace O. - III	189.	LorraineN
6.	NY Debbie	98.	E. Marie	190.	Dragonlady
7.	Hazel (didos)	99.	Marianne's Craftroom	191.	Arabella
8.	Diane Ahlers	100.	Netty	192.	Red Squirrel
9.	debs m	101.	Anna-Karin	193.	Maria
10.	Dreja	102.	Pami	194.	Christine Craig
11.	tanja	103.	sarham	195.	susie sunshine
12.	Lol	104.	Jacqui	196.	Lynnm
13.	peggysue W	105.	Beacarona	197.	Lynn's Designer Creations
14.	cute cards by saskia	106.	Mina	198.	Lorraine A
15.	Heike	107.	Sanna	199.	Wiccababe
16.	Susanna	108.	***Céline***	200.	Angélique
17.	Jenn	109.	xtglx	201.	Teri Sherman
18.	Clare	110.	Sharon G	202.	Martina
19.	Theresa P	111.	Chris	203.	Danielle C.
20.	Scatty Jan	112.	Pink Dandelion	204.	Ellen
21.	Kellie	113.	Gina	205.	Jani
22.	Ruby	114.	Jenn Borjeson	206.	Carissa
23.	Wishcraft	115.	Cassie K	207.	Mona Eidhammer
24.	Cathy(KraftyKoolKat)	116.	Hazel Parr	208.	Debs R
25.	DAISYCHAIN	117.	Hilde	209.	Karen
26.	Teresa	118.	Carlyann	210.	Noor Nahdi
27.	Rene	119.	Mari	211.	yvonne
28.	Uta	120.	Sandybeaches	212.	Pitsihame
29.	Loretta Lock	121.	Katherine Dizon	213.	Catherine
30.	Gale	122.	Shirley	214.	Sarah S-W
31.	Kate Edwards	123.	Hazel	215.	Yvonne
32.	Jane	124.	Val	216.	Mia Scott
33.	Dragonllew	125.	Wilfreda	217.	Anji78
34.	Jenny	126.	Tiiti	218.	TOOTSIE
35.	Dee (Sprytebyrd)	127.	Janice Park	219.	Beccy
36.	Elizabeth H.	128.	Val	220.	Renate
37.	mgoll88	129.	chrilvian	221.	NGCARDS
38.	Debbie B	130.	Andie	222.	Jessica Fitzgerald
39.	Becca D.	131.	Heidi	223.	Joyce
40.	Brenda	132.	Lisa	224.	Stacie
41.	Tricia G	133.	Tiggertastic	225.	Mary D
42.	-Anne-	134.	kimberly	226.	E. Marie
43.	Annemaritta	135.	Shanna Shands	227.	Heidi Brawley
44.	Ms. Petersen	136.	Carina	228.	Kaija
45.	juelmarie	137.	Annemaritta	229.	LorraineN
46.	Babsi	138.	DianeMoneyGoolsby	230.	Francy
47.	kali	139.	claire7q	231.	Kefa
48.	Shirley	140.	Stephanie G	232.	Samantha :0)
49.	Debbie Dolphin	141.	Karen Howard	233.	spyder
50.	Ria	142.	Katie	234.	Tracy Payne
51.	Saskia	143.	Shelley Sarina	235.	Katie Tate
52.	Jessi	144.	Loz	236.	Marlies
53.	Claire C	145.	Natalie	237.	Dianne
54.	Lorraine A	146.	E. Marie	238.	Julye
55.	Victoria	147.	Judy	239.	Becca Fabozzi
56.	Squirrel	148.	Frau_Muller	240.	Denise
57.	Paola Levi	149.	Becca Fabozzi	241.	Sharron / Sharrahug
58.	Tracy Payne	150.	Marina	242.	Sandie
59.	Carole	151.	Helen	243.	Wilma
60.	Lisa Lynn	152.	Carole S	244.	Nicola
61.	chris v - easily amused	153.	Sandie	245.	Lisa aka Myran
62.	Julie M	154.	Linda Roberts	246.	Mervi
63.	Rhynah	155.	Penni	247.	Jenn
64.	Sandie	156.	Beacarona	248.	Marti {Pezadoodle}
65.	Julka	157.	Lovely Linda	249.	Terry
66.	Devlin	158.	alica	250.	Debs
67.	Lorraine	159.	Poppet	251.	Jackie
68.	Anne	160.	debs m	252.	Mary D
69.	Heike #2	161.	chris v - easily amused	253.	Lisa R.
70.	Caro	162.	Dailly	254.	Stacie
71.	NGCARDS	163.	chris v - easily amused	255.	Michele Roos
72.	Michelle Single	164.	Arline	256.	Clairebears
73.	Carole of Brum	165.	Maddy Hill	257.	Johanna
74.	Sheena B	166.	Kleeblatt	258.	hilda
75.	Lynne in NI	167.	Maarit (Violets Corner)	259.	xtglx
76.	Lisa C	168.	Jacqui P	260.	NikkiByrne
77.	Lisa (ThePurplePlace)	169.	Lesley	261.	Lynda
78.	Janel	170.	Marlene	262.	NGCARDS
79.	Janet Katz	171.	kris Maher	263.	Sharon
80.	Brigitte	172.	Mummylade	264.	Theresa P
81.	Littleme	173.	basslady	265.	Karen (Aus)
82.	Sadia	174.	Nicky	266.	bettina
83.	Karita	175.	kozmik	267.	Jael
84.	Cathy	176.	Bella	268.	Dorte
85.	Crafty Math Chick	177.	Steph	269.	mueppi
86.	Carol	178.	Starla B	270.	Mona Evy
87.	Colleen B.	179.	jovita	271.	Peggy
88.	Tamidolphin	180.	Donna	272.	Sue T
89.	Sonia R	181.	Tanja aka Stampin'Piper	273.	Cyndi B
90.	Linda B	182.	Mari Harpham	274.	Merethe
91.	Cheryl Farnhill	183.	Kasey ~ in Oz	275.	Hayley U
92.	Grace O - I	184.	Netty	276.	Lisa H

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DT announcement

Our happy little family just got a whole lot bigger!

We are thrilled to announce the addition of 5 new teamies!

We are so lucky to have the following extremely talented ladies join us!

Kathrin

Kylie

Mindy

Minna

and 

Wynneth

Challenge 160 - Weather Inspired!

Thank you to everyone for joining in with our totally tropical challenge last week...

We saw some "hot" cards. As always it is great to see everyones interpretation.

I also want to remind everyone that to eligible for the prize you must follow the theme with a NEW card or project and link back to this blog. Any cards made and posted on your blog before the date of this weeks challenge will not be eligible to win our prize this week.

The winners of the fantastic prizes kindly donated by

The Stamp Shoppe is Keryn.

Here is Keryn's card.

Congratulations, please email Caz with your details!

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Challenge 160 - Weather Inspired!

Whatever the weather....we want to see your cards inspired by it.

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We are also pleased to welcome our regular monthly sponsor...

Here is what Heidi had to say...

With over 100,000 items in stock, Simon is proud to offer the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards, Altered Art, and Paper Crafting supplies in the world! We are currently offering FREE SHIPPING on all USA orders over $70 and ALL International orders over $250. Stocking brands like Magnolia, Whiff of Joy, Sarah Kay, House Mouse, Hero Arts, Penny Black, Spellbinders, Martha Stewart and so many more - we want to be your one stop shop! Simon Says Stamp also prides itself in offering every product Tim Holtz makes or designs.

The prize up for grabs this week is...

A $20 Credit Voucher

(Please note: This is a voucher code that entitles the winner to a $20 saving off their order in Simon Says Stamp, P+P charges will still apply unless the conditions are met to earn free P+P, please check here if you would like to see these conditions).

As always the winner will be chosen using Random.org

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We are joined by Guest DT Kerys for the month of April, you can see her wonderful creations HERE.

Kerys

So now let's take a look at the amazingly talented Design Team's cards, as always their work is amazing. Just click on their names to go right to their blogs!

Lynn

Caz

Deb

Annie

Lisa

To be in with a chance of winning the prize this week you will need to upload your card using inlinkz.com by 8pm GMT on Wednesday 20th April 2011.

Thanks for joining us for this weeks challenge.

1.	Shana	42.	***Céline***	83.	CassieT
2.	Maureen	43.	Debra B	84.	Corry
3.	Marie / Legojenta	44.	Dorte	85.	Jacqui
4.	Dee (Sprytebyrd)	45.	heidy	86.	Holly (age 13)
5.	Clare	46.	mueppi	87.	Cheryl
6.	Ragnhild M A	47.	Elliee	88.	Cheryl (Cardsby CG)
7.	Susanna	48.	CraftyC	89.	Debbie Johns
8.	Joey	49.	Carlie M.	90.	Judy
9.	Shelley Sarina	50.	sara	91.	Cathy-Lynn
10.	Pamela	51.	Helen	92.	DianeMoneyGoolsby
11.	Lisa Jane	52.	Lorraine	93.	Stacie
12.	Carolyn	53.	Janet T	94.	Jenn
13.	Lisa C	54.	Julia	95.	Cathy Fong
14.	Lori Ng	55.	juelmarie	96.	Rhynah
15.	Brigitte	56.	*Alison*	97.	Sandybeaches
16.	Dee	57.	Karen A	98.	Lisa aka Myran
17.	Gale	58.	It started with a Stamp	99.	Cathy
18.	Scrappy	59.	NikkiT	100.	Rene
19.	linda p	60.	Faye	101.	Becca Fabozzi
20.	Linda B	61.	Bridget C	102.	marcea
21.	Grace O.	62.	Jenn Borjeson	103.	Dianne
22.	Jo Davies	63.	***Céline***2	104.	Pam Sparks
23.	Erica J-W	64.	Arline	105.	Ceal
24.	Joynana	65.	Dawn Frost	106.	Kris Maher
25.	Joni52	66.	Sandy O	107.	Lisbeth
26.	Michelle Single	67.	sue	108.	Dora
27.	Wishcraft	68.	NGCARDS	109.	Lyndsey Marie
28.	Gry-Beate	69.	sunny79	110.	Little K Smith
29.	Lynnm	70.	Marianne R	111.	Katherine Dizon
30.	Karen McAlpine	71.	Brenda	112.	Hilde
31.	Erin...	72.	Wilfreda	113.	darling Ho
32.	*Vicki*	73.	Joyce	114.	E. Marie
33.	-Anne-	74.	Nikki C	115.	janja
34.	Stephanie s.	75.	Jane Carroll	116.	Marion E
35.	Carole of Brum	76.	NikkiByrne	117.	Marianne's Craftroom
36.	Pattie Goldman	77.	Linda Roberts	118.	Michelle
37.	Liz buttonsforbrains	78.	sandra's crafty corner	119.	Kali
38.	Shirley	79.	Nancy	120.	Shelley Sarina
39.	Georgia S	80.	DesigNeAl	121.	Chris
40.	Annika	81.	JLJ Designs	122.	Theresa P
41.	Dee (Sprytebyrd)	82.	Made By Mandy

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Challenge 159 - Totally Tropical!

So before we start with this weeks challenge, I wanted to wish DT member Annie a very Happy Birthday!

Annie has been a DT member since the very begining, and inspired many of us with her cards. Have a wonderful day Annie, hope you get treated like a princess.

Thank you to everyone for joining in with couples challenge last week...I hope you all enjoyed it. As always it is great to see everyones interpretation.

I also want to remind everyone that to eligible for the prize you must follow the theme with a NEW card or project and link back to this blog. Any cards made and posted on your blog before the date of this weeks challenge will not be eligible to win our prize this week.

The winners of the fantastic prizes kindly donated by
Whimsy Stamps is Mindy Baxter.

 Here is Mindy's card.

Congratulations, please email Caz with your details!

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Challenge 159 - Totally Tropical!

This week we want to see your Totally Tropical cards, now it could be a tropical/holiday/beach character or scene, or it could be the colours....and even both!
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We are also pleased to welcome our regular monthly sponsor...

Here is what Heidi had to say...

My name is Heidi Erickson, co-owner of The Stamp Shoppe in Schofield, Wisconsin since 1997. I started drawing images for Stamp Shoppe Creations in October 2009. We started with a Penguin line of stamps, but have expanded to other cute animal stamps and sentiments as well. Our stamps are made from deeply etched rubber and are available unmounted or cling mounted

The prize up for grabs this week is...

The Stamp Shoppe will also cover the shipping costs in addition.

As always the winner will be chosen using Random.org

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 A huge thank you to our Guest DT for March, Donna. Thank you for producing gorgeous cards for us!

 So now let's take a look at the amazingly talented Design Team's cards, as always their work is amazing. Just click on their names to go right to their blogs!

 Lynn

 Annie

 Caz

Christine

 Deb

 Julie

 Kim

 To be in with a chance of winning the prize this week you will need to upload your card using inlinkz.com by 8pm GMT on Wednesday 13th April 2011.

Thanks for joining us for this weeks challenge.

1.	Rebekah	22.	Nicky	43.	Karin
2.	Shirley Chalmers	23.	Kiki	44.	Susanna
3.	Mari Harpham	24.	sarham	45.	Heidi
4.	sandra's crafty corner	25.	Renata	46.	Suzie McFloozy
5.	Kim	26.	Sharon R	47.	Shanna Shands
6.	Carina	27.	Beth	48.	Lisa Lynn
7.	Kerys	28.	Monica-LaPaperaGialla	49.	Lisa aka Myran
8.	Kobie	29.	Hazel (didos)	50.	Christy Dillman
9.	marcea	30.	Gina	51.	xtglx
10.	Karen	31.	Michelle Single	52.	-Anne-
11.	Teresa	32.	CHRISSY	53.	Julye
12.	Jenn	33.	princesskitten	54.	Fiona
13.	kaylou	34.	Carol	55.	*Vicki*
14.	Micki	35.	Julia	56.	hazel parr
15.	peggysue W	36.	juelmarie	57.	Michelle
16.	Dorte	37.	NikkiT	58.	Christi Hicks
17.	Zahreen S (Splashbunny)	38.	Crafty Emma	59.	Elli
18.	Craftdee Donna	39.	Sue T	60.	Madame Ink
19.	Brigitte	40.	Keryn	61.	Kathie'z Kardz
20.	Chris S	41.	Kefa
21.	Cabio	42.	Ann Whitfield

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Wikio Top Craft Blogs - April 2011

I have been sent the April 2011 rankings a little early this month....so here is a Sneak Peek...yay we have moved up to number 2.

1	Papertake Weekly Challenge
2	Cute Card Thursday
3	allsorts challenge blog
4	A Spoon Full of Sugar
5	Charisma Cardz
6	Saturday Challenge
7	Stamping Ground
8	lili of the valley
9	TotallyPaperCrafts
10	Cupcake Craft Challenges
11	sketch saturday
12	Just Magnolia
13	ABC challenge
14	One Stop Craft Challenge
15	Creative Card Crew
16	Fab 'n' Funky Challenges
17	Moving Along with the Times.
18	Crafty Catz
19	Stampin' for the Weekend
20	Penny Black Saturday Challenge

Ranking made by Wikio

Thank you all for joining in with our challenges and making this blog the success it is.